Harness-buckle



(No Model.)

J. P. TILLSON. HARNESS BUCKLE.

No. 431,085. Patented July 1, 1890.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN P. TILLSON, OF PEMBROKE, MASSACHUSETTS.

HARNESS- BUCKLE.

SPECIFIGATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 431,085, dated July 1, 1890.

Application filed April 15, 1890.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JOHN P. TILLsON, of Pembroke, in the county of Plymouth, State of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Harness-Buckles, of which the following is a description sufficiently full, clear, and exact to enable any person skilled in the art or science to which said invention appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, in which- Figure 1 is aside elevation showing myimproved buckle in use with hame-straps; Fig. E2,a top plan View of the same, and Fig. 3 an elevation of the binding-block.

Like letters and figures of reference indicate corresponding parts in the different figu res of the drawings.

My invention relates to buckles which are especially adapted for use on the hamestraps of harness; and it consists in certain novel features hereinafter fully set forth and claimed, the obj eet being to produce a simpler, cheaper, and more eii'ective device of this character than is now in ordinary use.

The nature and operation of the improvement will be readily understood by all conversant with such matters from the following explanation.

In the drawings, A represents the body of the buckle, which consists of a flat plate 1'), from the corners of which vertically-arranged outwardly-curved arms (Z g project. Companion arms (Z g at the same end of the plate are sufficiently far apart to permit a strap to be passed between them The arms (Z are connected at their tops by a pin 71,011 which a loose sleeve fis disposed. The tops of the arms 9 are connected by a pin 71. A bindingblock D, adapted to be inserted between the arms (Z g, has an oval-shaped top j, and is rabbeted laterally at it across its lower face. From the oval top a I cone-shaped spindle or stud m projects vertically. The upper face of the plate I) and lower face of the block D are roughened or corrugated. The plate and block are tapped to receive screws 1), by which they may be secured together.

In the use of my improvement a strap 7' has its ends If e folded together and passed Serial No. 348,076. (No model.)

between the arms g, forming a loop 0, the lower end t of said strap resting on the plate hand extending about o1ie-half across said plate, as shown in Fig. l. A strap 20 has one end passed between the arms (1 into engagement with the end 25 of the strap r. The block D is then disposed between'the arms, the end r of the strap 1' being in the rabbet 7o.

Openings being formed in the strap ends reg-' istering with the screw-holes in the plate and block, the screws 1) are turned into said holes, binding said block tightly against the straps and securing them in the buckle. The free end 2 of the strap w is passed under the roll or sleeve f, and the stud m projected through a tongue-hole q therein.

It will be seen that by the use of my improvement a short strap 0" may be employed to form the hame-loop e. As said loop is the portion of the strap which is most liable to wear and break, it may readily be replaced. The loop e is ordinarily formed from the continuation of the strap n), rendering it necessary to replace the whole strap when the loop breaks. My invention overcomes th is objection and effects a considerable saving.

Having thus explained my invention, wha I claim is- 1. I11 a buckle of the character described, a body comprising a base-plate having vertically-curved arms proj ect-in g from each corner thereof,.a roll or loose sleeve connecting the arms at one end of said plate, in combination with a binding-block having its inner face rabbeted to receive the end of a hame-strap loop and provided with an outwardly-projecting stud or boss, said plate and block being tapped to receive screws, whereby the straps 3. in a buckle of the character described, being tapped to receive bindiiw-screws, and

the combination of the body A, comprising having their inner faces corrugated, substanthe plate I), provided with the arms 6?- g, havtially as described. ing their outer ends connected by pins h 2', JOHN P. TILLSON,

5 the sleeve or roll f on the pin h, and the bind- Witnesses:

in g-block D, rabbeted at 70, an d provided with NATHANIEL MORTON, the stud m, the .faces of said block and plate FREEMAN HILBRITH. 

